Cheick Keita
Brooklyn,NY
Summary
Senior Manufacturing Operator with 14 ½ years' experience in progressively responsible roles with international pharmaceutical manufacturing. Areas of expertise include hands-on supervision, quality control, staff training and regulatory compliance. Recognized for strategic contributions including process improvements and improved performance metrics. Proactive problem solver and versatile team player, known for strong work ethic and ability to ensure optimal operations without supervision. Fluent in French and Mandingo.
Overview
32
32
years of professional experience
Work History
Manufacturing Equipment Operator
PFIZER INC.
01.1992 - 12.1998
- Operated and troubleshot bottle washing, sterilization, filling, capping and labeling equipment to achieve optimum productivity and product quality
- Performed post-production cleaning and documentation procedures in preparation of OC inspection
- Recognized by company for consistent team accomplishments in exceeding production goals, reducing downtime and commensurate cost savings
- Trained and coached new employees in aseptic department procedures and equipment, resulting in increase in temp to perm hires and improved QC inspection scores
- Cross-trained in compounding area equipment and procedures enabling assignment to area as needed
- Reviewed daily production specifications prior to run ensuring accuracy and adequacy of components staged.
Senior Operator - Aseptic Department
PFIZER INC.
01.1998 - 01.2004
- Selected to perform hands-on supervisor function during third shift operations without management presence
- Produced management reports and documentation of nightly shift operations and incidents
- Oversaw and acted as technical resource to team of six aseptic operators ensuring production goals and quality standards met
- Identified serious electrical hazard, preventing workplace injuries
- Improved and sustained superior QC inspection scores measuring third-shift post-production aseptic sanitation procedures, eventually enabling management to eliminate day shift cleaning
- Prevented massive product recall by timely discovery of insufficient sterilization of production equipment during prior shift.
Quality Control Inspector
PFIZER INC.
01.2004 - 01.2006
- Accountable for determining in-process product quality through visual inspections and lab tests
- Verified documentation of product specification measurements to ensure accuracy and compliance with company quality standards
- Inspected production modules prior to runs, eliminating possibility of contamination
- Discovered foreign tablet during module clearance inspection, thereby averting product lot contamination
- Reduced downtime through willingness to work extra hours to accommodate fluctuations in production schedule
- Performed on-the-job training and coaching of new employees in entire QC process and procedures.
Operator
WATSON LABORATORY INC.
01.2007 - 01.2009
- Responsible for mixing products to make nicotine gum, cleaning equipment, and setting up equipment to run production.
Sanitizing Specialist
SMITH HANLEY CONSULTING GROUP (FOR GENZYME)
03.2010 - 05.2010
- Responsible for cleaning and sanitizing the aseptic area and for taking inventory of aseptic products.
Sanitizing Specialist
DENDREON MANUFACTURING
06.2010 - 06.2011
- Responsible for cleaning and sanitizing aseptic department before performing the job according to good manufacturing practices
- Responsible for processing blood of cancer patients.
Fractionation Machine Operator
KEDRION BIOPHARMA
01.2013 - 06.2020
- Coordinate operation of various units in system, according to run sheets, test books, order sheets, log books, gauge sheets plus pumping reports
- Correlate instruments readings test results to diagnose process malfunctions
- Inspect equipment to diagnose malfunctions in equipment.
Cart Associate
Smarte Carte
08.2020 - 01.2024
- Transport carts from high return areas to high rental areas to ensure that carts are always available to customers.
- Perform routine maintenance and cleaning of carts and cart management units.
- Practice safe work behaviors assuring safety of self, staff and visitors
- Provide courteous service in assisting customers.
- Maintain communication and cooperation with co-workers, and facility management
Education
Coursework towards Associates degree in Business Administration -
Borough of Manhattan Community College
New York, NYCompleted two years course work in Liberal Arts curriculum -
Normal Superior School University
Certificate -
Sofitel-Sponsored Management Training Courses
Paris, FranceSkills
- Competent in maintenance and operation of variety of manufacturing equipment including sterilizers, fillers, cappers, conveyors, transporters and packaging machines
- Physical strength and stamina in regards to loading and unloading carts from airport dock
- Safety awareness
- Flexible Schedule
Timeline
Cart Associate
Smarte Carte
08.2020 - 01.2024
Fractionation Machine Operator
KEDRION BIOPHARMA
01.2013 - 06.2020
Sanitizing Specialist
DENDREON MANUFACTURING
06.2010 - 06.2011
Sanitizing Specialist
SMITH HANLEY CONSULTING GROUP (FOR GENZYME)
03.2010 - 05.2010
Operator
WATSON LABORATORY INC.
01.2007 - 01.2009
Quality Control Inspector
PFIZER INC.
01.2004 - 01.2006
Senior Operator - Aseptic Department
PFIZER INC.
01.1998 - 01.2004
Manufacturing Equipment Operator
PFIZER INC.
01.1992 - 12.1998
Coursework towards Associates degree in Business Administration -
Borough of Manhattan Community College
Completed two years course work in Liberal Arts curriculum -
Normal Superior School University
Certificate -
Sofitel-Sponsored Management Training Courses
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